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Routine Using Pattern and Performance of Diagnostic Tests for Tuberculosis on a University Hospital

The American Journal of the Medical Sciences, 2010
Nucleic acid amplification tests to detect Mycobacterium tuberculosis in clinical specimens are used increasingly as a laboratory tool. We aimed to investigate the routine using pattern and the effects on therapeutic decision of diagnostic tests for tuberculosis in our hospital.In this descriptive study, we investigated retrospectively the routine ...
SAYAN, MURAT, DUNDAR, Volkan, DÜNDAR, DEVRİM, TAMER, Gulden Sonmez, ARSLAN, Zeliha   +4 more
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Accuracy of routine diagnostic tests used in paracoccidioidomycosis patients at a university hospital

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 2011
The identification of appropriate laboratory measures to confirm clinical hypotheses is important in routine paracoccidioidomycosis medical care. The clinical records and laboratory reports of 401 paracoccidioidomycosis patients attended at the Tropical Diseases Area, Faculdade de Medicina de Botucatu, from 1974 to 2008 were reviewed.
Moreto, T. C., Marques, Mariângela Esther Alencar, de Oliveira, M. L. S. C., Moris, D. V., de Carvalho, L. R., Mendes, Rinaldo Poncio   +5 more
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[Agglutination as screening test in routine diagnostic of listeriosis].

Medicinski arhiv, 2006
The persons with weakened immunity, newborn infants and pregnant women are very much sensitive on infection with bacteria Listeria monocytogenes. Listeria can readily invade the placenta and precipitate premature labor and fetal death. To confirm diagnosis is very difficult because listeriosis is disease very similar to the others acute diseases. Serum
Mufida, Aljicević, Edina, Beslagić, Sukrija, Zvizdić, Sadeta, Hamzić, Sabina, Mahmutović   +4 more
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Genetic Testing Has No Place as a Routine Diagnostic Test in Sporadic and Familial Cases of Alzheimer's Disease

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 2004
The challenges inherent in diagnosing and treating patients with Alzheimer's disease are increasing. Early diagnosis and modification of risk factors have received growing attention from the media in recent years. As a result, the general public, and patients and family members, are increasingly better informed about the disease, its genetic background,
van der Cammen, Tischa J.M., Croes, Esther A., Dermaut, Bart, de Jager, Marie-Claire, Cruts, Marc, Van Broeckhoven, Christine, van Duijn, Cornelia M.   +6 more
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Systematic Application of Diagnostic and Test Routines in Automobile Servicing

SAE Technical Paper Series, 1973
<div class="htmlview paragraph">This paper describes the complexity of service systems for the maintenance and repair of automobiles and outlines the functions and responsibilities of government, automobile manufacturers, the service industry, and vehicle owners.
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[Survey of the frequency of routine diagnostic tests in term pregnancies].

Minerva ginecologica, 1991
In 420 pregnant women who delivered during the third trimester at the "Istituto di I Clinica Ostetrica e Ginecologica", University of Catania, routine blood tests were performed in 95.5% of cases (401 women), urine tests in 95.5% (401), Hb-phoresis in 42.6% (179), HBsAg in 51.4% (216), TORCH and urine cultures in 37.8% (159), cardiotocograph in 73.1 ...
F, Pepe, P, Pepe, N, Rotolo, M, Pistritto, M, Scifo, V, Calì, R, Di Lorenzo, G, Garozzo   +7 more
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Sex-specific performance of routine TB diagnostic tests.

The international journal of tuberculosis and lung disease : the official journal of the International Union against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, 2005
City Council Chest Clinic, Nairobi, Kenya.To determine to what extent the performance of smear microscopy is responsible for sex differences in notification rates.Three sputum samples from TB suspects were subjected to smear microscopy with Ziehl-Neelsen (ZN) and auramine (FM) staining.
Kivihya-Ndugga, LE, van Cleeff, MR, Ng'ang'a, LW, Meme, H, Odhiambo, JA, Klatser, PR   +5 more
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The diagnostic potential of some routine laboratory tests. off.

The British journal of clinical practice, 1994
The potential was tested of white blood cell count (WBC), haemoglobin concentration (Hb) and erythrocyte volume fraction (EVF) to differentiate between patients with acute mesenteric ischaemia (AMI), perforation of colon, perforation of peptic ulcer, and intestinal obstruction.
E, Bjørnestad, R T, Lie, C W, Janssen
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Routine diagnostic testing of Y chromosome deletions in male infertile and subfertile

Gene, 2012
Male factor infertility elucidated about half the couple of infertility and in around 50% of cases, its etiology remains unknown. The aim of this study was to investigate a predisposing genetic background for Yq deletions and male infertility and effectiveness of molecular genetic approaches have uncovered several etiopathogenetic factors, such as ...
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The Value of Diagnostic Tests in a Routine Oto-Neurology Clinic

The Journal of Laryngology & Otology, 1968
P W, Alberti, A R, Curry
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